NIC women advance to semifinals

| December 30, 2011 8:00 PM

LONGVIEW, Wash. - Korina Baker and Julia Salmio scored 12 points apiece as the North Idaho College Cardinals beat Yakima Valley 73-53 in the semifinals of the Lower Columbia College tournament on Thursday night.

Katie Buskey scored 10 points for NIC (9-2), which plays in the championship game today at 3 p.m.

YAKIMA VALLEY

Brittney Newcomb 2-10 2-2 6, Ariah Gonzalez 0-2 1-3 1, Alex Brewster 0-3 0-00, Jaimi Cox 0-2 0-0 0, Ashley Swetzof 4-9 4-4 15, Kayla Gonzales 0-3 4-4 4, Raini Weaver 0-4 1-2 1, Hannah Lekson 2-6 0-0 5, Katina Ferguson 0-1 0-0 0, Simone Jordan 7-16 2-2 17, Hannah Smythe 0-0 0-0 0, Samantha Zaplen 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 17-61 14-17 53.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 2-10 3-4 8, Katie Buskey 3-8 2-3 10, Tori Davenport 2-4 0-0 5, Hailey Petit 0-1 2-2 2, Korina Baker 3-11 4-4 12, Dani Kastrava 1-3 1-1 3, Aimee Durbridge 2-4 2-6 6, Julia Salmio 5-11 1-3 12, Mollie Kramer 1-1 0-0 2, Hannah Love 3-9 1-1 7, Danika Johnson 1-1 0-0 2, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 25-69 16-24 73.

Halftime - NIC 37-29. 3-point goals - YV 5-21 (Newcomb 0-5, Swetzof 3-6, Gonzales 0-2, Weaver 0-3, Lekson 1-2, Jordan 1-3), NIC 7-27 (Woods 1-7, Buskey 2-4, Davenport 1-2, Petit 0-1, Baker 2-9, Durbridge 0-1, Salmio 1-3). Rebounds - YV 37 (Brewster 8), NIC 57 (Love 10). Assists - YV (Jordan 3), NIC 15 (Kelman-Poto 5). Team fouls - YV 18, NIC 17. Fouled out - Kelman-Poto.